##app ##elle and pass ##chen ##dae ##le and over the course of eight weeks fighting the australians suffered 38 @ , @ 000 casualties . on 21 march 1918 the german army launched its spring offensive in a last @ - @ ditch ##ed effort to win the war , un ##lea ##shing sixty @ - @ three divisions over a 70 miles ( 110 km ) front . as the allies fell back the 3rd and 4th divisions were rushed south to ami ##ens on the somme . the offensive lasted for the next five months and all five ai ##f divisions in france were engaged in the attempt to stem the tide . by late may the germans had pushed to within 50 miles ( 80
##appelle and passchendaele and over the course of eight weeks fighting the australians suffered 38 @, @ 000 casualties. on 21 march 1918 the german army launched its spring offensive in a last @ - @ ditched effort to win the war, unleashing sixty @ - @ three divisions over a 70 miles ( 110 km ) front. as the allies fell back the 3rd and 4th divisions were rushed south to amiens on the somme. the offensive lasted for the next five months and all five aif divisions in france were engaged in the attempt to stem the tide. by late may the germans had pushed to within 50 miles ( 80